Heptagon & Heptagram

Seven is a mystic number traditionally associated with Venus and more recently with Neptune.

It is the number of feelings and of instincts - of the Group Mind, of Love, whether that strange, indescribable but pervasive feeling of love is towards another person, a pet, oneself or one's God.

'Love' embodies tremendous sexual energy, the emotions of which may be directed in various ways.

Heptagon

Heptagon is the inward directing of that emotion, the containment, the 'love inside',
that is symbolised by the heptagon. It is the love we 'hold' and can equally
signify a deep religious conviction, a forming of our God in our own image
or an infatuation with another. It is feeling contained.

Heptagram

The 7-pointed star or heptagram is a mystical occult symbol. Like the
pentagram, it has been called the Witch's Star, also the Astrologer's Star.
Beyond six points, the polygrams all have multiple configurations and the
heptagram may be drawn in two different ways - an obtuse form and an
acute angled form; both forms are unicursal, here shown together with the
third 7-point figure, the heptagon.

In qabalistic terms, the number '7' is attributed to Venus. It relates to Man's mundane feelings and his instincts - to his sexuality . It relates to Man's place in the pattern of Nature and to his linking with the Group Mind - the undifferentiated Soul of Mankind.

Man's pattern of mundane life is much ruled by the seven day cycle of the week. The seven classical 'planets' : Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and Saturlend their names to the days of the week and may be arranged around the figure of the heptagram.

Placed around the acute heptagram in the order of their apparent speed of
movement in the heavens, the 'planets' are ordered along the unicursal line
in the order of days of the week.

The heptagram also relates to the seven chakras of the body.

These are the energy nodes that rise up the course of the spine from the basal node, where is coiled the Kundalini serpent, to the point at the top of the head.

The mundane well-being of the body and its aura are linked to the chakras.

The heptagram is symbolic of this balanced, flowing of bodily energies and of health. It is a symbol relating to healing and dynamic balance of the body physic.

There are two forms of heptagram:

The obtuse form suggests passivity, contentment and attuning with nature
and its forces; of healthy rhythms and normal sexuality; of balanced feelings
and satisfied desires; of normal receptivity and awareness of the feelings
of others.

The acute, active form suggests an outgoing interaction with nature's forces,
making progressive use of them and directing sexual energy. It suggests strong
feelings and strongly expressed desires; likewise perhaps, heightened
sensitivity to the emotions of others. It is a symbol of the empath and
the healer.